Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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the scarab PROPHECY—Continued branding cattle on the spacious ranch of Nasty Miller out in the wonderful West. Tony Paulavish, dressed in leather cowboy apparel, won the rodeo out there this spring Sophia Neal is training dogs—or men—1 can't remember which. Dorothy St. Clair is doing settlement work in the “big city of Logan. Tommy Quillman is blacking shoes. He sure makes them shine and deserves the patronage of all his old-time chums Charles Sauthcr is a famous criminal lawyer. Y’ aula hear him talk —talks just like a three-year-old. Wheeler Scars is a college professor. Katherine Shepard and Lucille Smith arc dancing in the Hawaiian Isles. Shirley Snider sings hot stuff for Victor. Vernon Spencer is the head surgeon of one of the world's largest hospitals and hardly has time to cat. Stuart Todd, Omcr Upchurch and Fred Werner are opening tombs in Egypt Mary Tedrow is a street car conductor. Ain’t that grand! She's saving the tickets for her hope chest Gertrude UpdcgralT just can’t leave the old school, so she's clerk in the office. Horace Wood successfully defended his title as world's champion at croquet. Marguerite Vise and Humbert Whaley arc married. They're very happy; he washes the dishes n everything. B u-z-z-z, o-w-o-o-o, this is station B—T—H—S signing off. 2d

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THE SCARAB Prophecy Whec-c-c-c, B-u r r, Siz-z-z-z—This is station B T. H. S. announcing the re-turns of the Senior Class of ’24. Mattie Sullivan has accepted a position as skinny woman with Barnum and Bailey s circus, and Willie Armstrong is their strong man. Curtis Bellamy is now a married man with five kids and has settled down on the farm enjoying the riches of his goodly acreage. Lcotta Britton has discovered a new type of bobbed hair and Villa Mac Broughton is advertising it. Ruth Browning has made a wonderful career in Hollywood. You surely remember Charles Childers and Howard Dial? Well, they swear that they use Wild Root hair tonic on their hair to make the girls fall for ’em. Alice Dillon and M. Virginia Knechl are competitors for first honors in the 100 yard dash at the Olympics. Ruth Cleveland is broad jumping in the same contest. Lena Drake, Anna Easley, and Lula Eovaldi are trying to swim the English channel. Hope they don t drown, for we like to sec the weaker sex do extra well in these manly sports. Curtis Dollins is struttin’ his stuff, loo; he takes the part of the Ham in Hamlet. Willie Eovaldi is a cross country runner. Our companion, Lewis Ewing has gone into a monastery'. Some woman seems to have handed him the royal razzberry; and, br-u-u, grz-z-z-z, s-s-ptt, John Gilmore and Paul Glover arc feline specialists. We want to remind you that Mary Pagani and Alice Gardner arc co partners in an eating place. Their cashier is Aliha Griffin. Walter Johnson has founded and controls the Feminine College, the best school for young ladies in our country. He is constantly surrounded by a group of pretty girls, such as Mabel Hargrove and Lonetta Biggs. He seems to enjoy their company very much as is expressed by his broad gnn and happy attitude. Evelyn Hindman has a studio in Greenwich Vib lage. I don’t know, but I hear that Lillie Ing and Gladys Ingram are her under' studies. They undoubtedly will make good. Robert Z. Hickman buys booze for boobs; while Edith Lipc is giving Grecian readings with a chorus of Greek dancers composed of Cy Hill, Fred Ingram, Botch Jones, and Joker Kern. Don’t miss it when it comes to town. It’s sure worth the money. Lena Locklar and Gladys Lowery are starting a new scandal sheet, and are now being sued for slander by Sara Marsh. Max Knight is the model for Stetson hats—no wonder they sell for so much cold cash. Evan Lovan has accepted a position as a French chef and cooks for all the newly rich, such as Hazel Morris and Eunice Settlcmoir. John McCartney has given up the idea of inarnage in order that he might devote his entire time to teaching the Chinese the art of drinking Coca-Cola. Brr-rr-r, b-u-z-z, ow-w-w-w, s-s-sftt, and Mr. Rabbit ran—oh, that bedtime story—b-z-z-z Now! Lcla Morris is in a side show—she’s one of them freaks what cats and drinks with their toes. We all trust she doesn't choke herself to death. Eddie Nichols is 25

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THE SCARAB Will Wc, the class of 1925 of the B. T H. S., do make this our last will and testa-ment. hereby revoking any and all former wills by us heretofore made. First, we direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as possible after our public burial. Second, after the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, we give, devise and bequeath to the following ones their just deserves: To Our School—the best name in the State. To Mr. Hanna—The credit he deserves. To “Smitty —A hammer, a saw, and a box of nails. To Mr. Davis—A new laboratory coat. To “Doc”—A rooster and an old hen. To Mr. Tabor—More successful athletic teams. To Mr. Newton—A prize shorthand class. To Miss Colcord—A poodle dog and a million dollars. To Miss Whitiner—A lolly pop. To Miss Cosgrove—A pet parrot. To Miss Davis—A jazz band. To Miss Sense—A quiet sixth hour study hall. To Miss Burkhart—A patented dishwasher. To Miss Blackard—A smile. To Miss Hart—A good Freshman English class. To Miss McElvain—A good time. To Miss Hcrschback—More dimples. To Miss Hargrove—A successful debating team. To Miss Roy—A book report. To Mr. Moore—An adding machine for Commercial Arithmetic pupils. To Miss Christensen—Two worms, a crab, and a flea. To Miss Kinneman—A press club that will get news. To Mrs. Payne—A few more years' teaching experience. To Miss Hochhalter—English students who will take an interest in something besides stories. To Miss Seymour—Poise. To Miss McElhincy—Another laboratory. To Miss Vance—A pair of rubbers and a raincoat. To the Cafeteria—Toothpicks. To Dorothy Moore—A hcc haw and a whing whang. To Esther Kell—Something to giggle at in the assembly. To Dorothy Austin—A hot novel and a Hershey bar. To “Cat” Ross—A package of Camels. To Robert Brown—Long pants. To Lester Carraher—A “sweet” mamma. To Sam Johnson—A rooster, a cat, and a jaybird. To Rcthal Odum—A brand new haircut. To Floyd Gassoway—Some eggs turned up. To Eddie Garavaglia—A car that will make “80”. To Bob McConnell—A little more size. To Irving Trombly—Fritz Kreisler's place in the music world. To Frank Warren—A limburger sandwich and a bottle of home brew. To Charles Frye—Twelve hours sleep. To Mike Dozzino—Free lessons in orating. To Mary E. Johnson—Her gift of gab and a letter from George. To Bumblebee—A cap pistol. To Clytie Broughton—A “kokc” at Stcgmcycr-Wollard's. To Harry Hamilton—A steady job as a “Sheik.” c 27